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Thanks to sponsorship from Charles Sturt University, I was treated to an extraordinary visit to six different communities in Australia . . .

Sydney, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, and Canberra

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Sydney

Harbour Bridge

Opera House & ferry

Facade of older building

Reaching to the sky

Old and New

Surf to the South

Riding the Wave

Gulls Waiting

City View 1

City View 2

City View 3

City View 4

City View 5

Museum of Sydney

Museum of Sydney

Statue & Bird in Botannical Gardens

Ibis at Poolside

Pigeon Staring

Pals on Field Trip

Great Place to Read

Class Field Trip

Flying Fox? Where?

Flying Fox Here

Fresh Fruit

All the news

Time

Time

Time

Circular Quay

Sunset

Sunset

Alice Springs

Changing Planes at Ayer's Rock

Desert Park

Residential Neighborhood

Residential Neighborhood

Sunrise 1

Sunrise 2

Sunrise 3

Sunrise 4

Hobart

Crawfish Boats

Crawfish Boats

Hotel by Harbor

Harbor

Town Hall

While there, I spoke with teachers, teacher librarians and school administrators who were full of spirit and enthusiasm about the new possibilities coming to schools with networked information. They were also vocal in their commitment to information literacy and robust professional development. Like many in North America, they have become wary of politicians and others who push hardware without clear purpose or a focus upon learning.

I was repeatedly impressed by the "forward lean" with which the Australians have greeted the challenges of the Information Age.

The photographs above were snapped in between speeches and workshops in those rare moments when I might step off the tour and gaze about. They are a somewhat random sample of life in Australia as seen through a visitor's eyes. I hope that they will provide students in other lands with free photos that might be useful as they study about OZ.

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